Vim Sustainability has undertaken a number of initiatives to ensure we practice what we preach.
VIM Office:
- Previously working out of a recycled flour mill warehouse in Newtown.
- Currently working in a Green Office at South Sydney Corporate Park.
- All rainwater is captured and reused at SSCP
- Office is naturally lit by glazing design,Sunpipes® and ventilated by NV™ energy-free window automation systems.
- Office is arranged around Natural Ventilation so as to remove the need for air conditioning
- 30% reduction in energy consumption by installing a GridManager energy management system.
- Recycling all office waste.
- Use of recycled printing paper
- Utilising low energy office equipment.
- Office carpet is low VOC and is completely recyclable.
- Office is painted in low VOC paints.
- Office lighting has daylight sensors installed
- Some of the staff are vegetarians resulting in significantly reduced personal carbon footprints.
- Shuttle buses used by staff back to the nearest train stations
VIM Memberships:
- Green Building Council Australia (GBCA)
- Australian Association of Sustainable Healthcare (AASH)
- Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA)
- Directly sponsoring six children to go to school in Luang Prabang in Laos
- Directly sponsoring an orphanage in Siem Reap in Cambodia
- Providing English teaching services to the orphanage in Siem Reap in Cambodia
- Sponsoring a child in Peru through through World Vision
- Sponsoring an orphan child Phonm Penh, Cambodia through the Sunshine Charity
- Speaking free of charge about sustainability to assorted ‘not for profit’ organisations
VIM Preservation
- Owning and preserving 300 acres of mixed forest and old growth forest as an oxygen farm and carbon offset facility on the Mid North Coast of NSW
- Sponsoring endangered orangutans in Borneo